India tour of South Africa: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar stated that veteran off-spinner R Ashwin didn’t contribute a lot regardless of returning to the ODI fold. R Ashwin got here again into ODI plans however did nothing a lot: Sanjay Manjrekar (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSAshwin got here again into ODI plans however did nothing a lot: ManjrekarAshwin returned to the Indian ODI facet after a spot of 4 yearsIndia paid a value for Ashwin’s return to ODI facet: ManjrekarFormer batter Sanjay Manjrekar has signaled out R Ashwin’s return in ODI arrange as one of many causes behind India’s shambolic 3-0 sequence defeat towards South Africa. KL Rahul-led India suffered a 4-run defeat within the third and remaining ODI towards South Africa in Cape Town to slide to a 3-0 sequence whitewash.
Ashwin returned to the Indian ODI facet after a spot of 4 years however did not placed on spectacular performances within the two video games he performed in South Africa. Ashwin returned with the figures of 1/53 and 0/68 within the first two ODIs between India and South Africa.”Ashwin strangely came back into India’s ODI plans for some reason. India paid a price for that. He played the two crucial games, did nothing much. (Yuzvendra) Chahal is also under the scanner. Prasidh Krishna needs to be backed a bit more. Also, in 50-overs, Mohammed Shami could be a good option,” Manjrekar stated to ESPNCricinfo.Manjrekar additionally stated Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s time with the nationwide facet is all however over, because the senior pacer has been removed from his greatest for fairly some time now.”Bowling wise, Bhuvneshwar Kumar had given signs even before this series that he is finding it difficult to get back to his best. I guess that issue is closed after seeing his performance in the series. And Deepak Chahar, the one ball to get Janneman Malan, should tell selectors that he is a better option,” Manjrekar added.”The way the match ended sums up the whole trip to India. It has to be one of the poorest Indian tours to South Africa. That’s how it was destined to be. It just wasn’t India’s time in South Africa. It is a bad loss,” Manjrekar concluded.Click right here for IndiaAt present.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
